Post-nuclear Moscow subway novels strike chord as Doomsday Clock nears midnight

FILE PHOTO: Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky poses for a portrait in Germany, in this undated handout picture. Joerg Schulz/Courtesy of Dmitry Glukhovsky/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) - Best-selling novelist Dmitry Glukhovsky says sales of his books depicting life in the Moscow Metro after a nuclear apocalypse have been booming since Russia put him on a "wanted" list for opposing the war in Ukraine and he was forced to flee abroad.

Glukhovsky, 43, is known mainly for his dystopian novel "Metro 2033" and its sequels, along with their spin-off video games, about how Muscovites survive in the city's famed metro system - "the world's biggest nuclear shelter" - after a war.